Reclining-seat.



J. W. MYERS.

' RECUNING SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1918.

Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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Application "Merl September 9,1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN W; Mme, a citizen of the United States, and. aresident of Des Moines, in the county of Poll: and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Reclining-Seat, of which the followingis a specification. I

The object of my invention is to provide a reclining seat of simple,durable and incitpensive construction particularly adapted forinstallation in automobile body.

A further object is to provide a seat having a movable back and toprovide means for suitably mounting said back, so that it then tiltedrearwarclly and held in reclining position.

A further object is to provide means for holding the tiltable portion ofthe seat in its upright position against any removal from such position.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of thedevice, whereby the objects con templated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which: I

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of on automobile body equipped with areclining seat embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal, vertical, soctional View through said body.

Fig. 3 shows a vertical, transverse, sec tional view taken on the line33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows a horizontal, sectional view taken on the line H of Fig. 2;and

Fig. 5 shows a vertical, sectional view takenon the line 5-5 of 2.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally the body of an automobile having the ordinary bottomback and sides.

The automobile bony 10 has the rear seat frame 11 provided with thesliding seat 12. The seat 12 is mounted to slide, as illus 5, so that itmay be moved from its rearward ordinary position forwardly to positionillustrated 'in Fig. 2 where the device is used for an ambulance A frontseat is provided in the autom0- upright sup.

porting member 13 and the spaced side members 14, above which isthc seatli;

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Fatented Apr. 22.19119.

Serial No. 2%,316.

holding member There is provided for the front seat a back 16 havingsecured to its sides spaced opposite frame members 17, in which areformed longitudinally elongated openings 18.

lllounted in the frame 10 and extendingtfi transe ersely across the bodyof the machlne 311st rearwardly of the seat 14 is a rodl!) which extendsthrou h the o aenin s 18. In its normal position the seat backlfi u riht, as illustrated b dotted lines in Fig. 2, with the lower ends of theframe members 1'2 received in the slots between the side walls 14 andthe supporting member 15,

as clearly s own by said dotted lines.

At the upper rear corner of'each side member 14E a notch 20 is cut outon a curved as 1llustrate l in Fig. 2, so that the seat 16 may be raisedand swung rearwardly to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

iach frame member 1'?" is formed with a notch 17 in its lower portion,so arranged as to receive the under surface of the rear part of these-at14 when the back member 16 is in its reclining or horizontal position,as shown in ig. 2.

he notch 17 is so located that when the back member lo-is ii uprightposition, the notchterminates in its upper end below the point where thenotch 20 begins, as illustrated by dotted linesin F ig. 2, so that theseat member 16 will be held firmly in position against any forward andbackward swinging 'or rocking movement when the seat back member is inits uprightposition.

When the seat back member 16 to its horizontal position, forwardmovement by th notch 17 with the seat held against it is held against eengagement of the member 14.. It is rearward movement by the engagementof'the rod 19 at the forward end of the slots 18.

Pivotally supported on the back of the seat back member 16 is a yoke 21,shown clearly in Figs. 2 and-3', which, when the seat back member 16 isin its horizontal hangs downwardly as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, andis supported in sockets 22, whereby the rear end of the seat back member16 is supported. The engagement of the forward part of the frame members171 with 110 is swung 95 position,

the seat member 14 together with the rod 19 also helps to hold the seatback 16 in horizontal position.

If desired a board may be laid across on the members 17 between themembers 16 and 14 and a blanket or the like laid thereon to form acushion between the seat members 14 and 16.

The practical operation of my improved reclining seat will be understoodfrom the foregoing descnption.

The advantages of such a device are largely ob ious. -With such a devicethe automobile may be used for sleeping in taking long trips or may beused for an ambulance when desired.

The parts which permit the tilting of the seat back a of simple andinexpensive construction and are so arranged as to firmly held the hackmember in its adjusted positio. :5 without the use of complicatedfastening devices.

Some changes may be made in the constru on and arrangement 0]. the partsof my c vice without departing from the real intent and purpose of myinvention, and it memes In a device of the class described, anautomobile body having side members and a bottom member, said sidemembers being provided with parallel opposite guide-ways near theirlower portions, a front seat memher, a seat back member having sideframe members provided with parallel longitudinally elongated slots, atransverse rod mounted in the sides of said body and received in saidslot, the parts being so arranged that when the seat back member is inits normal position, the side frame members thereof have their lowerends received in said guide ways and said rod is in the uper portion ofthe slots and adapted partially to support the weight of the seat backmember, and being so arranged that when the seat back member is raised.its side memhere may be swung to clear said guide.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 17, 1918.

JOHN W. MYERS.

